Improved broom-head



o.l L. CASTLE.

Broom Head.

No. 63.211. I Patented March'26, 1867.

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' ORLANDO L. CASTLE, OF UPPER ALTON, ILLINOIS..

Letters Paten-t No. 63,211, `elated Mrci 26, 1867.

IMPROVED Bacon-HEAD.

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-TO ALL WHQM I'l MAY CONCERN: Be it known thatI, OuLANDoL.- CASTLE, ofUpper Alton, -county of Madison, and State of Illinois, have invented anew and useful improvement in Metallic Broom-Heads; and I do herebydeclare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description ofthe construction and operation ol' the same, reference being had to theannexed drawings, making a part of this specification, iny whic-hlFigure 1 is a perspective of the principahparts in their places. Figure2 is a similar view of the broom complete, showing the remaining. partsin their places. Figure 3 isl a detail View. d vvA, iig. 1,.is an oblateflattened sheath or socket of any convenient size, for the purpose ofreceiving and containing the butt ends of the straw.. It is pierced atthe cxtremed corners of its base with 'the orifices o o, to receivetheprongs of the forked spring B. B B is a fork-shaped spring, answeringboth as a. convenient frame lfor the head, and also as a spring to giveelasticity to the broom iu its opera-tion, of which the shank or partvdesigned to enter the handle is made by doubling together the wire ofwhich it is formed tol any desirable length, after which the two partsarebent, first laterally in opposite directions, and then forward,giving tothe Whole the appearance of a fork with two tines, the forwardends of' which areformed into screws and furnished with the nuts n it.These times' are thrust through the orifice'so o, at the corners of thebase of the sheath A, forward through the open mouth'of the same, asAseen in'ig. 1. A small opening, p, is leftist-the point of doubling thewire for the insertion oi'- a prod or bolt. C is av trnpezoidal wedge,armed'with tceth,.t't,.for "the purpose of fastening the butts of thestraw within the sheath A, and sliding freely upend down upon the,tinesof the spring B B, which pass through it in the direction of itswidth, perpendicularly to itsparallel sides. D, fig. 3,- isanelliptic-shaped wire spanning the strawl at a convenientdistance'beyond'the mouth of the sheath,

carrying the short double hooks L for compressing the opposite sides ofthe said ellipsefor the purpose of keep-v ing the broom in shape. K Kare also hooks for fastening the ends ol' the ellipse D respectively vtothe corresponding corners of the sheath'A. v l

The operation of" tl|e whole is such that when the shank is driven intothe handle and fastened by a prod through the orifice 21,. and the otherprincipal partsare arranged in their proper places, as seen in iig. 1;then when the sheathA is'filled with the,butts of the straw, and thetoothed wedge C is .driven down by'the operation .ofthe nuts n Minto themidst ofthe straw in the'm'outhof the sheath AA,Ithe str'aWs therebyheld securely in its place, after which it is shaped and stayed. bytheellipse D, andthe hooks li [fand clc, as seen in Iig. 2, thus forming alight', comely, and durable broom; and especiallyy since 'any forceexerted upon the broom in its ordinary use willbe exerted intermediatelyupon ,the unconiined portions of the spring B, which are free to yield,the result is to secure for the broom in its very mechanism a permanentelasticity.

Now, what I claim as my invention, andde'sire to secure byLettersPatent, is

1. The use and employment of a spring, B, for the purpose and operatingsubstantially after the mannerA herein set forth.

2. A combination of the spring B, the Wedge C, and the nuts 'nnhwith thesheath A', arranged and operating substantially as herein described andfor the purpose herein set forth. I

' ORLANDO L. CASTLE.

Witnesses: p

J. H. STIFLBR, S. G. NASH.

